Merge branch 'master' into refactor/sort_loops

Author: securestep9

.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml

@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
         with:
           category: /language:${{ matrix.language }}